原文
"There, did I do all right?" she asked eagerly, getting up. "I could
have made it much more flowery if I'd had a little more time to think it
over."
Poor Marilla was only preserved from complete collapse by remembering that it was not irreverence, but simply spiritual ignorance on the part of Anne that was responsible for this extraordinary petition. She tucked the child up in bed, mentally vowing that she should be taught a prayer the very next day, and was leaving the room with the light when Anne called her back.
語彙など
- there:注意を引く時に使う
- all right:申し分ない
- eagerly:熱心に
- get up:立ち上がる
- think over:じっくり考える
- preserve from:〜から保護する
- complete:完全な
- collapse:崩壊
- irreverence:不敬
- ignorance:無知
- on the part of:〜側の
- responsible for:〜の責任がある,〜の原因である
- extraordinary:異常な
- petition:嘆願
- tuck:押し込む
- mentally:心の中で
- vow:誓う
- prayer:祈り
- very:強調するときに用いる